Dr. Jagdish G. Chaudhari completed his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and Master of Engineering in Electrical Power Systems from the Government College of Engineering in 2002 respectively. He completed his Ph.D. in the area of Electrical Drives and Control in 2019 from Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University. He has published 60+ papers in National and International journals and conferences having 100+ Google Scholar Citations and 34 Scopus Citations. He has published three Indian patents. He has been granted 01 International Patent (Republic of Germany) in the year 2021 & 01 National Patent in 2022. He has Published 02 Book Chapters in a book namely Smart Trends in Computing and Communications published by Springer Singapore in January 2020 & Recent Advancement in Battery Energy Storage System for Launch Vehicles in the book titled Planning of Hybrid Energy Renewable System, Electric Vehicle & Microgrid was published by Springer Singapore in January 2020 in May 2022. He has given 10 Guest lectures, organized 03 National Conferences, and 03 FDPs, and worked as a committee member for 10 International conferences in India & Abroad. He has reviewed 100 plus papers in various International Conferences and Journals like IEEE PEDS, IEEE Canada, IEEE TENCON and ICETET, and ICCCC2022. He has worked as BoS Member in the Electrical Engineering at GHRCE, Nagpur, and worked as BoS Member, in Electrical Engineering at NIT, Polytechnic Nagpur. He received the Award of Excellence in Research in 2021 from Research Academy. He has a total experience of 21 Years in the field of Electrical Engineering. He has served as Adhoc Lecturer, Lecture (Regular), Senior Lecturer, Assistant Professor, and Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at G.H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur (An Autonomous Institute) from September 2002 till May 2018, Now he is working as Associate Professor & Head, Department of Electrical Engineering from June 2018 and Dean Academics from September 2022 at Nagpur Institute of Technology, Nagpur.

Nagpur Institute of Technology

You have held key positions at education institutes throughout your professional career. What are the key factors that keep you connected with the education sector?

In this sector, I can learn new things like a student, and I will update my knowledge as per changing technology scenarios. In the competitive world, we must update for an interdisciplinary approach. That’s why connected for the last 22 years in this profession.

Being the HOD (Electrical Engineering) of Nagpur Institute of Technology, what is your philosophy of leadership? How would you describe your leadership style?

For survival, everyone has to contribute in the era of research, administration, and of course teaching. As a department administrator, I have to follow all rules and regulations first and then will apply them to others, which helps me to do work smoothly and get support from all department faculties for working in the department. Leadership always applies to ourselves first. 

The education systems in India and other foreign countries are structured very differently. In your experience, what can an inbound student gain from studying here in your institute?

The latest trends in technology must be adopted as we are using the latest versions of cars as well as cell phones. Modification always supports everyone. Technology in India and abroad is the same. Implementation strategies may differ. We, as a teacher of NIT, Nagpur make a student in their four years to connect with all discipline-related technology and more confident about work and implementation of upgraded technology.

How does the curriculum of Nagpur Institute of Technology ensure the best practice of industry?

Our Students work with solar based industry and work with power sector also which is today’s demands of the industrial era. In choice based curriculum are also having track-based electives, so students can choose their subject as per their choice. We are having more emphasis on Internship and industry-based projects along with copyrights and patents based on final-year projects. These best practices help students to grow in Industrial sector.

Any insights into how your university/ college could be more welcoming to students of different races or economic backgrounds?

We are having the Institute of Engineers, India, Professional society student chapter, and department forum. Under these banners, we will definitely send students to university colleges, VNIT, Autonomous colleges, and Process industries for internships, project competitions, and exhibitions to study the latest scope in the technology. Few students are doing internships in the Metro as well as Electric vehicle industries. So wide scope students are having through this forum at outside world.

What do you think should be the institute’s top priority over the next 10 years?

Our institute’s top priority should be to have accreditation for all UG courses so that our student exchange will be there as per Washington Accord. Our institute will work as an autonomous institute with a Centre of Excellence in all allied fields.

What would you like people to know about your institute they may not know?

It's a good institute with generous management for any kind of support to students and faculties. The teaching-learning process is so improved that it helps students with their academic excellence in teaching and research.